| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
PART I. CHINESE EROTICISM AND FEMALE ALLURE: Three-Inch Golden Lotuses: Achieving Beauty through Violence -- A Brief History of Footbinding -- Footbinding and the Cult of the Exemplary Woman -- Edible Beauty: Food and Foot Fetishes in China -- Silken Slippers: Footbinding in Chinese Erotica --PART II. FOOT BINDING IN WOMEN'S LITERARY TRADITIONS: Binding, Weaving, Chatting: Female Bonding and Writing -- From Golden Lotus to Prime Minister: A Woman's Tale Living from Mouth to Mouth -- The Fabric of Masquerade -- Conclusion: Aching for Beauty and Beyond |
| Summary |
"Wang Ping interprets the mystery of footbinding as part of a womanly heritage - "a roaring ocean current of female language and culture." She claims that footbinding should not be viewed merely as a function of men's oppression of women, but rather as a phenomenon of male and female desire deeply rooted in traditional Chinese culture."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Beauty, Personal -- China -- History.
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Body image in women -- China -- History.
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Footbinding -- China -- History.
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Women -- China -- Social conditions.
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Beauty.
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Body Image.
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Culture.
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Foot.
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Women.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00009522 |
| ISBN |
081669172X (electronic bk.) |
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9780816691722 (electronic bk.) |
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